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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
6
Judge Caldwell approves Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe officials plan to build a Fort Worth to coal fields railway with a proposed loan of 1,000,000 dollars. Also mentions hair dye and beard dye products from Beggs and Buckingham рекламы.
Ee-The Boston Shoe Company received from an Eastern maker a 910,000 worth shipment of fine footwear in latest novelties to be sold regardless of cost. The notice promotes Lanes' foe French Kid band welt shoes and calf skin 5.00 shoes at 5 dollars, highlighting aggressive pricing.
In Topeka society notes the camera club has joined the National League of Amateur Photographers at a February meeting hosted by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Willard. Twenty five members attended with five new admissions including Mr. and Mrs. C. R. O'Donald and Mrs. Horace Hall. A reception is planned at the Baker home on February 6 with invitations photographed in blue prints.
A Detroit Tribune remark notes a girl declining fashion pressures with a thoughtful answer about style while in another clipping an American Wheelman story shows a rider on a side path defying a police warning and shooting away. The terse captions reflect local tone and brisk, vignette style.
A fragment from a humorous exchange features Miss Parse and Miss Rose debating marriage plans and luck tied to dates while Miss Hopson and Wadleigh squabble over terms and terms of endearment.
A dated piece offers practical pistol shooting advice for women and men. It stresses proper stance with balanced weight on each foot, a straight extended arm, a high grip, and a steady trigger pull. It notes American revolver use and cautions about nerves and fear of firearms, including a quoted remark from a girl about pistols going off.
A description of a rosette cushion for pins crafted from bias satin and cotton, with critoline padding and a decorative center in yellow silk floss, offered in pink and other colors for vanity tables. It also recalls Catherine de Medici bringing the gigantic Medici ruff from Italy to France, widening the collar to impractical widths with long-handled spoons for dining.
A list of generic grocery items with unit prices appears from The Star Grocery, detailing sugar, meats, bacon, lard, canned goods, fruits, raisins, flour, oats, butter, pie filling, rice, oysters, salmon, maples syrup, and baking supplies. The entry reads like an old storefront advertisement, with multiple brands and quantities noted in pounds cans and gallons.
January 4 report from Curiaco notes an Actors Protective union forming in Chicago with headquarters at the Brotherhood of Theatrical Stage Empl oy es No 121 Fifth Avenue. The group aims to join the National Organization of Actors and the AFL and seeks contracts reforms, salary timing, fire safety enforcement, and exclusion of prize fighters and disreputable attractions.
Jan 4 report notes survey of a Flagstaff to Grand Canyon railroad with Colorado reach and a Fort Worth Denver line near Amarillo through Pecos Valley to Roswell. A World News item says President Peixow is sinking and may die overnight. Also an ad touts Snow's Pine Expectorant with 20 cent to 60 cent bottles.
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